%0 Journal Article
%T Fault-tolerantControlSystems—AnIntroductoryOverview
%A Jin
%A Jiang
%J 自动化学报
%P 161-174
%D 2005
%X ？Thispaperpresentsanintroductoryoverviewonthedevelopmentoffault-tolerantcontrolsystems.Forthisreason,thepaperiswritteninatutorialfashiontosummarizesomeoftheimportantresultsinthissubjectareadeliberatelywithoutgoingintodetailsinanyofthem.However,keyreferencesareprovidedfromwhichinterestedreaderscanobtainmoredetailedinformationonaparticularsubject.Itisnecessarytomentionthat,throughoutthispaper,noeffortsweremadetoprovideanexhaustivecoverageonthesubjectmatter.Infact,itisfarfromit.Thepapermerelyrepresentstheviewandexperienceofitsauthor.Itcanverywellbethatsomeimportantissuesortopicswereleftoutunintentionally.Ifthatisthecase,theauthorsincerelyapologizesinadvance.Afterabriefaccountoffault-tolerantcontrolsystems,particularlyontheoriginalmotivations,andtheconceptofredundancies,thepaperreviewsthedevelopmentoffault-tolerantcontrolsystemswithhighlightstoseveralimportantissuesfromahistoricalperspective.Thegeneralapproachestofault-tolerantcontrolhasbeendividedintopassive,active,andhybridapproaches.Theanalysistechniquesforactivefault-tolerantcontrolsystemsarealsodiscussed.Practicalapplicationsoffault-tolerantcontrolarehighlightedfromapracticalandindustrialperspective.Finally,somecriticalissuesinthisareaarediscussedasopenproblemsforfutureresearch/developmentinthisemergingfield.
%K Fault-tolerantcontrol
%K redundancies
%K safety-criticalsystems
%U http://www.aas.net.cn/CN/abstract/abstract15502.shtml